Marker



1. SWANSON.

MARKER.

APPLlcAHoN HLEn1uNE14,191a.

1,333,514, Patented Mar. 9,1920.

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JOHN swnNsoN,V or TRoWBaiDGE, InLiNo/rs.

MARKER. y

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN lSwnNsoN, a

`citizen of the United States, residing at Trowbridge, in the county. of `Shelby and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements iii Markers, of which the following is a specification.

objectbeiiig to provide a marker which may be removably secured to an ear of corn t identify the ear while the seed is being tested and to designate the number of seed removed from the ear for testing` purposes.' v

Tp this end the invention includes a pin having upon its shank a flat head containing a number or other designation, which is used Ato identify the ear to which the pin is attached, the shankof the pin being provided adjacent the head thereof' with a squared portion for the reception of a disk, the latter being provided with a squared concentrically arranged openingvadapted to t the squared; portion of the shank and also having numbersv or other indicia arranged upon one face, these numbers being disposed parallel with respect to the edges' of the squared opening, so that one number will be parallel with the number upon the head of the pin. f v

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a marker. constructed in accordance with the present" invention Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the marker applied to an ear Vof corn, the pin l being shown in elevation; and f Fig. 3 is a face viewv of two of the disks.

In the drawings wherein likecharacters of reference denote corresponding parts, there isshown a marker which includes a pin provided with a pointed shank '10 and a preferably flat disk like head 11, the latter being provided with suitable identiifying indicia as indicated at 12. If desired the shank 10 of the pin may Vbe provided upon its periphery with transversely disposed serrations 13 to aid in holding the pin in position within the ear of corn into whichit .is

adapted to be inserted. The pin is inserted v in the end of the ear and the number of indicia 12 thereon is for the purpose of identifying ythe particular ear which earkries the pin.

The' shank 10v of the pin is provided adjacent the under side'ofthe head 11 with a 191s.-A 'seriai No. 240,019.

i' squared portion 14, the latter being adapted to removably receive a disk 15.v This disk t Y p'vk with the edges of the opening 16 are num-V This invention relates to the art of testing seed and especially to testing seed corn, the l bers or other indicia 17 and when positioned upon the shank of the pin the number paral- Specificatiron of Letters kPatent.` i Fittented vll/Ia. 9,1924). i

Application` filed .T une 14,

is provided with a concentrically arranged lel or abovelthe number on the head of the pin will indicate the number of seed removed from the ear. Forexample, if the number l4 is directly above and parallel lwith the number on the head of the pim-it will indicate .that four see-d have .been removed from the ear for testing purposes and the number l upon the head of the pin may be used to designate the particular ear fromwhich the while the yrelation of this number withvthe number upon the head `of the pin will, as stated, clearlyvindicate the number of seed removed from the ear. By arranging the numbers on the disk in the mannershown f in Fig. 3 two -disks may be used to indicate' the numbers from 1 to 8, or if desired numj 'bers arranged consecutively from 1 to 4 may be placed upon a single disk. On the other'.

hand, the configuration of Otheopening` may be changed and an opening of rectangular vform provided with the numbers arranged therearound running consecutively from 1 to 6, but the numbers must be arranged parallel with the edges of the openingso that'one of the numbers will be disposed parallel with the number on the head of the pin, in order thata Vrecord of the number ofseed removed from the ear may be preserved.

yThe invention, is susceptible of various changes in `its form, proportions and minor details l of construction and the right is herein reserved to make such changes.

Having described the invention, what is claimed isyv:`-

.1. A marker lof the class ,described embodying a pin having indicia upon the head thereof, va vdisk removably positioned upon said pin and means for positioning the'disk upon the piny to maintaincertain of the indicia vthereof parallel with the indicia upon the head of the pill.v

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2. A corn marker embodying a disk 1ero-v the disk to hold the ylatter connected to the `vided with an opening therein, numbers disear, indicia upon the head of the pin, said 1G Y posed around .one face of the disk and indicia coperating With the numbers on the adapted to designate the number of kernels disk to determine the particular numberV removed from an ear of corn,V a pin comused andmeans yfor preventing accidental prising a shank adapted forV insertion in relative rotation of the disk and pin.V

said ear and through the opening in the disk,y In' testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature. 15

. a head carried by the shank for Contact with 4 Y --JOHN SWANSON. 

